Abstract Submission
 Scope and Purpose

The purpose of this Conference is to bring together academic researchers and participants from industry and anyone that is interested in the applications of fuel and energy research. Papers which describe the applications of research in fuel and energy characterisation, technology development, utilisation and preparation are now invited.  

Call for abstracts

Abstracts are invited which describe current academic and industrial research into cleaner fuel and energy research on biomass, waste and fossil fuels and their applications including but not limited to :-

• Conventional and Advanced Power Generation: Efficiency improvements, flexible operation of power plant, innovative energy cycles, thermal processes, including enabling technologies and innovative process design for APG.
• Fuel Processes: Gasification, pyrolysis and all other carbon-based fuel conversion processes, including issues associated with co-firing and with the combustion of biomass and waste.
• Emissions: Including alternative NOx, SOx, particulates and trace element reduction techniques to meet more stringent emissions standards throughout the world. 
• Carbon Capture, Storage and Utilisation: Pre and post combustion capture, transport, storage and utilisation technologies, including oxyfuel combustion, chemical looping, fuel characterisation, conversion to chemicals and fuels, plant diagnostics and post combustion capture plant emissions issues.
• Hydrogen and Ammonia: Production, potential use and issues, including their potential use as transport fuels, for stationary applications and emissions control from engines. 
• Industrial combustion: Burner design, heat transfer, innovations in heat exchanger design and fowling and slagging issues.
• Energy Storage: Battery storage, thermal storage, mechanical storage, cold storage and integration with energy systems, including power generation processes.
• Decarbonising Steel Production: Carbon based fuel conversion processes including carbonisation and other metallurgical uses and fuel-derived products. 
• Fuel cells: Advances, fuels, efficiency and utilisation.
• Biofuels for Transport: The sustainable production and utilisation of biofuels and biogas for transport, including road, aviation and marine. 
• Biogas: anaerobic digestion, landfill gas, production, upgrading and utilisation. 
• Heating, Ventilation and Cooling: Efficiency innovations, energy reduction and heat pumps.
• Integrated Renewable Energy Systems, (IRES): Experimental and simulation studies. Integration of biomass, solar, wind, etc. for off-grid and grid connected communities and industry settings.
• Biomass and waste: Waste to energy, pre-treatment and processing, including torrefaction, washing, etc.
• Fuel preparation and handling: Biomass and waste issues associated with feedstock quality, safe storage, (fuel degradation, spontaneous combustion and other storage issues), processing, handling and feeding of these feedstocks into process systems. 
• By Products from Energy Processes: Bottom, fly and others ashes, APC Residues, etc.    
• Case studies: On the challenges facing the users of biomass and waste.
• Policy and technoeconomic studies: Legislation towards power from carbon-based fuels, government policy, legislative framework and life cycle assessment issues, including industrial de-carbonisation, both UK and International.

Research students are also strongly encouraged to submit abstracts, attend and give presentations - there is a reduced Conference fee for students.

All authors are asked to submit one or more abstracts by Friday 3rd February 2023 to the Conference Manager, Gudka Energy Consulting, at info@tferf.org. Abstracts must conform to the format specified in the website template, and must be submitted by the named presenter, (not a third party). For abstracts accepted, the named presenter/author will present the paper at the Conference either as an oral presentation or as a poster. This author must register and pay their conference fee before Friday 14th July 2023 in order for their paper/poster to be confirmed in the programme.

Click here for the abstract template


Important Dates

3rd February 2023:        Closing date for abstract submission
17th March 2023:           Authors informed of acceptance
14th April 2023:              Provisional programme published
14th July 2023:               Last date for registration by oral and poster presenters and “Early Bird” registration fees
31st January 2024:  Closing date for paper submission to the Virtual Special Edition of "Fuel"

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